India, March 8 -- I was sitting in a party with six others around a table. One of them raked up the subject of recent mayhem in Delhi and got into blame game. The person sitting by his side came out with his counter narrative, taking the blame game exercise to other extreme. One person, who patiently heard their never ending arguments and counter arguments for long, burst out: "If highly educated people like you stay stuck to your perceptions, and not come to terms with reason, how do you expect lesser educated people, who are stuck to their ardent beliefs, to be ever in accord with each other?" Conscientious people need to ponder upon this serious issue and provide lead.

Well, perception drives a being, which is primarily defined by tho...